Major buying Bankrupt/ Distressed Regionals
What stops a major from purchasing a regional to get its pilots if one went bankrupt etc. Does the fee for departure contract stop another major from buying one of these airlines for simply its pilots?
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Originally Posted by mkitrn
(Post 3432079)
What stops a major from purchasing a regional to get its pilots if one went bankrupt etc. Does the fee for departure contract stop another major from buying one of these airlines for simply its pilots?
The problem with buying a regional is likely the FFD contracts with the major. Endeavor, Envoy, PSA, Piedmont, and Horizon are already wholly owned by their respective major. That leaves the mega-regionals (Mesa, Republic, Skywest) that fly for multiple airlines and United's exclusive regionals (GoJet, Commutair, Air Whiskey). Due to FFD contracts with multiple carriers, I think the mega-regionals are out of the question. United can not own more than 49% of an airline without triggering the F/A scope clause. The wholly owned regionals (DL or AA or AS) could make flow improvements (up to a staple or staple with fences) in order to keep LCA and Captains on the RJs. The question remains, why wait for a flow, when you have a class date elsewhere. If anyone does start handing out seniority numbers to their RJ LCAs or CAs, that causes other problems (harder to recruit OTS, union opposition from mainline, regional union opposition). |
Originally Posted by mkitrn
(Post 3432079)
What stops a major from purchasing a regional to get its pilots if one went bankrupt etc. Does the fee for departure contract stop another major from buying one of these airlines for simply its pilots?
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Or they could just operate the flights themselves... which is what they've been doing. If all the regionals collapse, those flights will just be operated by mainline or not operated if they don't have the resources.
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Originally Posted by chihuahua
(Post 3432274)
Or they could just operate the flights themselves... which is what they've been doing. If all the regionals collapse, those flights will just be operated by mainline or not operated if they don't have the resources.
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
(Post 3432291)
Have you looked at the schedules today? The majors don’t have the trained warm bodies they need to fly their OWN schedules.
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
(Post 3432291)
Have you looked at the schedules today? The majors don’t have the trained warm bodies they need to fly their OWN schedules.
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Contract airlines have historically offered value to the major airlines in more ways than price, and organic growth can be a challenge for any business in any field. Assembling Swissport, caterers, air check, Trego-Dugan and MESA to meet at the same time/ same place is a very different kind of growth. The only major that could benefit from stapling a regional is a major that doesn’t have a regional.
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Originally Posted by Round Luggage
(Post 3432305)
Contract airlines have historically offered value to the major airlines in more ways than price, and organic growth can be a challenge for any business in any field. Assembling Swissport, caterers, air check, Trego-Dugan and MESA to meet at the same time/ same place is a very different kind of growth. The only major that could benefit from stapling a regional is a major that doesn’t have a regional.
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
(Post 3432291)
Have you looked at the schedules today? The majors don’t have the trained warm bodies they need to fly their OWN schedules.
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